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Encouraging Experimentation Through Programming by Proximity Beckmann, Tom Geier, Leonard Ramson, Stefan Taeumel, Marcel Hirschfeld, Robert Visual Programming Proximity Experimentation Support Exploratory programming involves evaluating a variety of approaches to identify those that advance the problem understanding. For this purpose, we investigated a notation for code designed to encourage experimentation with elements of a program. In our proof-of-concept, we evaluate the idea of program elements connecting by mere proximity through small case studies. We identify multiple constraints to enable connection through proximity and its limitations. Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik Tom Beckmann and Leonard Geier and Stefan Ramson and Marcel Taeumel and Robert Hirschfeld 2025 Is Part Of OASIcs, Volume 134, Companion Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on the Art, Science, and Engineering of Programming (Programming 2025) InProceedings Text doc-type:ResearchArticle publishedVersion application/pdf doi:10.4230/OASIcs.Programming.2025.15 urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-242991 https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.Programming.2025.15 eng https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode